Tag Archives: Public Policy

Homosexual Activism: Truth or Confrontations

An AP article run in multiple news sources yesterday says “Some Gay-Rights Foes Claim They Now Are Bullied.” It begins, As the gay-rights movement advances, there is increasing evidence of an intriguing role reversal: Today, it is the conservative opponents of that movement who seem eager to depict themselves as victims of intolerance. To them, …

June 13, 2011 – 11:46 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , | Comments (90)

The Public/Private Distinction and the Doofuses

Stanley Fish wrote a profound piece for the NY Times’ Opinionator Blog last Monday, “Are There Secular Reasons?” He’s addressing the Classic Liberal doctrine that public policy should always be decided on the basis of secular reasons, not religious ones; and in the end, he doubts there are any actually secular reasons. I read his …

February 26, 2010 – 4:37 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , | Comments (38)